Method of making neckties



July 30, 1946. v. NLFTALQ METHOD 0F' MAKNG NECK-TIES Filed May ATTORNEY Patented July 30, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD OF MAKING NECKTIES Valentine Naftali, Mount Vernon, N. Y. Application May 5, 1943, Serial No. 485,689

2 Claims.

This invention relates to neckties. More particularly, my invention is concerned with an improved method of making neckties of the type disclosed in my Patent No. 2,174,993, dated October 3, 1939, for Method of making neckties.

One of the objects of my invention is to pro vide a novel method of making four-in-hand neckties which shall represent an improvement in the method of stitching neckties disclosed and claimed in my said Patent No. 2,174,993, and by means of which the distortion due to stretching which usually occurs when making the necktie up into a knot, will be minimized.

Another object of my invention is to provide a novel and improved method of making four-inhand neckties which shall be characterized by the simplicity of the steps involved and which at the same time shall produce a necktie of greatly enhanced appearance.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel and improved method of making four-in-hand neckties by machine sewing which shall have the appearance of being handmade.

Other objects of my invention will in part be obvious and in part hereinafter pointed out.

In the accompanying drawing, in which is shown one of the various possible embodiments of my invention,

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a cut-to-pattern necktie fabric folded longitudinally with the wrong side outermost and stitched in accordance with my invention;

Figs. 2 and 3 are enlarged cross-sectional views taken substantially along the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an elevational view of the necktie shown in Fig. 1 after it has been turned inside out and as viewed from the back of the necktie;

Fig. 5 is an elevational view of a longitudinal edge thereof;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 7 is an elevational view similar to Fig. 1, but illustrating a modified form of my invention; and

Fig. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken l substantially along the line 8 8 of Fig. 7.

My invention is concerned with neckties of the four-in-hand type which are manufactured by the so-called reversal process or in other words, by those processes wherein the necktie fabric is first folded as desired with the Wrong side outermost, then stitched and afterward turned inside out and pressed.

Referring now in detail to the drawing, I have shown in Figs. 1 to 6 thereof, a necktie of the class herein under consideration and made in accordance with my invention.

In Fig. 1, I have illustrated a necktie fabric I of customary design and style which has been cut to a predetermined pattern so as to produce what is termed a self-lined necktie. The fabric III is folded longitudinally substantially'in half, with the wrong side of the material outermost, to provide two adjacent layers la and Mib, connected by a folded longitudinal edge I I and having the two free edges longitudinal edges I2 and I4 disposed adjacent to each other.

While in such folded condition as shown in Fig. 1, I provide a plurality of independent stitched loops I5 spaced from each other along the length of the folded fabric i9 and arranged in a predetermined position with respect to the longitudinal edge I l. Each stitched loop I5 is so arranged as to pierce the two layers Illa and I 0b at two points 6 and I1 spaced from each other alo-ng the length of the folded fabric I0.

By reason of the above described arrangement of stitched loops I5, when the folded and stitched fabric is turned inside out and pressed, in the customary manner as practiced in the art, it will appear as shown in Figs. 4 and 5 where it is noted that sets of simulated bar tacks 2|, 22 are spaced along the necktie to greatly enhance the appearance thereof. It is noted that although the stitched loops l5 are arranged in a lengthwise direction with respect to the necktie fabric in Fig. 1, when the said fabric is reversed the simulated bar tacks 2I and 22 will be disposed transversely of the length of the necktie. These Visible stitched loop portions or tacks 2 I and 22 are those components of the loops 5 which pierce the fabric layers Illa and Ib, at the points I6 and Il, while the loop portions 24 and 25 (see Fig. 3) overlying the fabric layers IIIa and Ib respectively, are hidden from View.

In addition to having obtained the advantage of providing a handmade bar-tacked appearing necktie of distinctive design, I provide a construction in which the excessive distortion of the necktie, due to its longitudinal stretch While making up for Wear, is prevented. Necktie fabrics are generally cut on the bias so as to render the finished necktie stretchable longitudinally. In the usual reversal method of stitching neckties, such as for example, that taught by the patent to Naftali, et al., No. 1,931,447, granted October 17, 1933, for Sewing machines, or my said Patent No. 2,174,993, the necktie is permitted to stretch throughout its length and therefore many times is overstretched to a point where the necktie, particularly along the edges is distorted by lindented areas adjacent the stitching. In my improved method of construction as described in the present application, it is noted that the necktie will be permitted to stretch longitudinally only between the loop portion 2l of one pair of tacks and the loop portion 22 of the next succeeding pair of tacks. The material of the necktie between the tack portions 2l and 22 of each pair of tacks 2l, 22 will resist stretching and thus while permitting resilient stretch of the necktie as a whole will at the same time prevent undue stretch and probable distortion, Y

In Figs. l and 8, I have shown a modified form of my invention in which the cut-to-pattern necktie fabric 3Q is folded substantially longitudinally in half with the wrong side outermost to provide two layers 3l and 32 interconnected by a folded edge 33 and having free edges 3Q and 35. However, in this form of my invention, before I stitch the layers 3l and 32 together with the independent loop stitches 3%, similar in purpose and function to that of the loop stitches l5, I fold over, backwardly on itself, an edge portion of the layer 32 to provide a third layer 33 overlying the layer 32. It is noted that the loop stitches 3S, in this form, pass through three thicknesses or layers of fabric material, which makes for a sturdier construction than that having two thicknesses or layers as described in the Figs. l to 6 form of my invention.

In the above described Figs. '7 and 8 form of my invention when the stitched fabric layers are turned inside out, the necktie will appear as .fr

shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

It will be seen from the above description and from the drawing that the stitched loops l5 or 36 are arranged in a longitudinal row and are variously spaced from the folded edge of the fabric in the positions shown in Figs. l and '7, with the result that when the necktie is turned inside out and a fold made along the row of said stitched loops l5 or 3S, and pressed, the shape of the necktie is thereby determined.

While in the drawing I have illustrated my invention as applied to a type of four-in-hand necktie known in the trade as a self-lined necktie, it is understood that my inventive method may also be satisfactorily applied to other types of f four-inehand neckties, which may be folded differently and which may include a lining.

It will thus be seen that there is provided a method for manufacturing neckties by means of which the several objects of this invention are achieved, and which is well adapted to meet the conditions of practical use.

As various possible embodiments might be made of the above invention, and as various changes might be made in the matter hereinabove set forth, it understood that all matter herein set forth or shown in the accompanying drawing is to be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

i. In a method of making neckties, the steps comprising folding a necktie fabric longitudinally with the wrong side outermost to provide two adjacent layers interconnected by a iirst folded longitudinal edge, folding a portion of one of said two layers over on itself in a direction toward said first folded longitudinal edge to provide a third layer, stitching together the said three layers at a plurality of independent points spaced from each other along the length of said folded fabric, arranging said independent points of stitching a line substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said folded fabric and spacing said line of independent points of stitching from said first folded edge a distance substantially equal to the width of the completed necktie, then turning said folded, stitched fabric inside out.

2. In a method of making neckties, the steps comprising folding a necktie fabric longitudinally with the wrong side outermost to provide two adjacent layers interconnected by a first folded longitudinal edge, folding a portion of one of said two layers over on itself in a direction toward said first folded longitudinal edge to provide a third layer, fastening together the said three adjacentl ly disposed layers by a plurality of independent stitched loops, spaced from each other along the length of the folded fabric, arranging each stitched loop in such manner that it will pierce the said three layers at two points spaced from each Iother along the length o-f said folded fabric, then turning said folded and stitched fabric inside out whereby the said piercing point portions of said stitched loops will be visible and appear as bar tacks, while the other portions of said stitched loops will be hidden from view.

VALENTINE NAFTALI. 

